We Need A Greening Of Globalisation.

The Shadow Of An Exit Of Greece From The Euro Zone Takes On Ever Clearer Shape, Repeated Apparently Final Attempts To Reach A Deal Are Starting To Make The Whole Process Look Ridiculous. There Is An Ever Greater Number Of People Who Feel As If The Greek Government Is Giving Them The Run-around.

What We Have At Present Is A System Of Loss Socialism. Whatever Goes Wrong Is Shouldered By The General Public And Anything That Works Is Privatised. Worshippers Of Market Freedom Have Suspended The Most Important Economic Principle: Risk And Liability Go Hand In Hand.

Besides Germany, The Only Countries That Don't Have Speed Limits Are Places Like Nepal, Where Road Conditions Are So Bad That A Limit Would Be Beside The Point. In Other Words, It's A Little Crazy That This Is Even A Topic For Debate In Germany.

Real Life Is Happening Outside And Not In Front Of A Computer.

In The Past, Germany Could Rely On The French, The British And, Especially, The Americans, To Assert Our Interests In The World. We Have Always Criticized The U.s. For Being The Global Police, And It Was Often Appropriate To Do So. But We Are Now Seeing What Happens When The U.s. Pulls Back. If The U.s. Leaves The Room, Other Powers Immediately Walk In. In Syria, It's Russia And Iran. In Trade Policy, It's China. These Examples Show That, Ultimately, We Are No Longer Achieving Either - Neither The Dissemination Of Our European Values Nor The Advancement Of Our Interests.